Install
Please confirm you are human
This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.
A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.
News
Revolutionary New York City: America at 250
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (247+ words) (2026) is a five-borough collaborative multi-year effort by The Bronx County Historical Society, Historic Richmond Town, Center for Brooklyn History, and the Gotham Center, with contributions from Philipse Manor Hall, the Lott House, Queens County Farm, and others. This book of…...
How Race Shadows the America's Anniversaries
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (196+ words) Centered around the major celebrations of America’s milestone birthdays across 250 years of history, the book offers a riveting look at the battles over who has a stake in writing the American story. Candid, moving, and reflective, America, USA pulls no…...
Landscape & Social Change in Poughkeepsie
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (190+ words) SUNY Press has re-published Main Street to Mainframes: Landscape and Social Change in Poughkeepsie by Harvey K. Flad and Clyde C. Griffen in a Second Edition. A social and urban history of the city on the Hudson River in Dutchess County, NY,…...
The Lostkills: Bushwhacking and Hiking the Lesser-Known Catskill Peaks
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (300+ words) (SUNY Press Excelsior Editions, 2026) introduces readers to a mostly unknown group of Catskill peaks on public land in addition to some lightly used trails. Alan Via refers to these places as “the Lostkills” as they include off-the-beaten-path hikes, mostly bushwhacks…...
Pickled City: The Story of New York Pickles
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (282+ words) History, Natural History & the Arts The book includes an overview of the rise of the pickle industry in the United States, which has grown substantially in recent years. There are profiles of immigrant families and their iconic pickle companies, including…...